UBS Optimus Foundation UK
Scaling evidence-based solutions to drive systemic change
The UBS Optimus Foundation’s UK Education Collective Portfolio supports organizations that are working to transform educational outcomes in the UK to help ensure that all children, regardless of their background, can thrive in education and beyond.
Early Childhood Care and Development
The early years of a child’s life are fundamental in shaping their educational and life outcomes.
Helping parents to provide materially and emotionally for their children in their first years of life, providing high quality early years education and breaking cycles of abuse for the most vulnerable can all play a key role in providing young children from more disadvantaged backgrounds with the best start in life.
Building strong foundation skills
Literacy and numeracy are the foundation of every child’s education.
Developing strong foundational skills in literacy and numeracy helps to provide children with the gateway to learning and accessing the wider curriculum. Pupils who fall behind struggle in comparison to their peers, not just in education, but also in later life. By focusing resource to accelerate learning for those that perform below average can help to address educational inequalities.
Pathways to higher education and beyond
Many young people in the UK do not have the opportunity to access the range of benefits that higher education can bring.
Tailored interventions that identify, empower and enable young people from disadvantaged background to raise their aspirations and successfully transition to the next stage of their education or employment journey can break down barriers to social mobility.
Dismantling barriers to education
Supporting mental health and well-being, developing essential skills, and building a fairer and more inclusive education system in the UK.
Place-based change
Working collectively in partnership with local communities on a long term basis, to unlock solutions to the particular issues they’re facing.
